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Victoria Bradfordbiography

Victoria Bradford is the Artistic and Executive Director of A House Unbuilt. Her work with A House Unbuilt primarily takes the form of social choreography, using language from performance, video, and installation, among other non-art disciplines. She studied visual arts, anthropology, and theology at the University of Notre Dame (BFA) and visual arts and performance and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA). Influence on her work as an artist also comes from her upbringing in community theaters, classical dance, and voice lessons. She lives in Chicago, IL and continues to cultivate projects in her home state of Louisiana... READ MORE

A House Unbuiltmission

A House Unbuilt (AHU) uses movement and the body to engage and investigate the social fabric of rooted communities. Drawing on vocabulary from dance, sport, regiment, and everyday life, A House Unbuilt seeks to un-build the learned architecture of the body to reveal the insights and knowledge housed only there... READ MORE

Origin Story

In the summer of 2006, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita devastated coastal Louisiana. Houses were unbuilt, homes evacuated, people escaped. Having just purchased her first home in the area months prior to the storms, Victoria Bradford reacted as many did—clinging to family and friends, taking care of each other, recovering, rebuilding. Through all the madness that ensued, however, Victoria was learning something about her community that had never been so apparent until this tragedy. She felt called to participate in the vitality and quality of life that renews spirits and builds purpose... READ MORE